2. Campus Journalism
Act of 1991

3. What is this ACT all about?
R.A. 7079
Campus Journalism Act of 1991
“AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
AND PROMOTION OF CAMPUS JOURNALISM
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”

4. Why? Bakit? Ngano?
• To uphold the freedom of the press even
at the campus level.
• To promote the development and growth
of campus journalism as a means of
strengthening ethical values, encouraging
critical and creative thinking, and
developing moral character and personal
discipline of the Filipino youth

5. Terminologies
• School
• Student Publication
• Student Journalist
• Editorial Board
• Editorial Policies

6. Student Publication
• All schools shall establish a student
publication.
• There shall be three categories.
• The members of the editorial board of the
college student publication shall be responsible
for its decisions, actions, etc.

7. Aims of the Student Publication
To train the students in:
1. Application of Communication Arts in
Journalism.
2. Technical skills in journalism.
3. Responsibilities of a journalist
4. Use of student publication in support of the
educational development.
5. In becoming responsible and intelligent.
6. Social awareness/involvement.
7. Advance students’ rights & promote their
welfare.

9. Financing of Student Publication
• Savings from the school’s appropriation.
• Subscriptions
• Donations
• Other sources of funds.

10. Selection of Staff Members
• Shall be through competitive examinations
prepared, conducted and supervised by a
committee.
• Should pass a qualifying examination
conducted by a committee.

11. Security of Tenure
• A member of the student publication staff must
maintain his/her satisfactory standing inorder
to maintain membership in the staff.
• A student shall not be expelled or suspended
bases on what he/she has written.

12. Press Conferences and Training
Seminars
• The Department of Education shall sponsor
periodic competitions, press conferences and
training seminars in which student writers shall
participate.
• Such activities shall be held on institutional,
divisional, and regional levels.
• Expenses from the trainings shall be
subsidized from the publication funds.

14. Tax Exemptions
• All grants, endowments, donations or
contributions used actually, directly, and
exclusively for the promotion of campus
journalism shall be exempted from the donor’s
tax.

15. Appropriations
• For the initial year of implementation, the sum
of 5,000,000 pesos is authorized by RA 7079
to be charged against the savings of DepEd.
Thereafter, such amount as may be necessary
shall be included in the General Appropriations
Act.

16. General Provisions
• The Department of Education shall help in the
implementation of this Act.
• The Secretary of Education may amend these
rules.

17. Effectivity
• This act has been approved July 5, 1991.

18. The End